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Patented Apr. 27, 1926.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PHILIP o. P. BOOTY, on CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, AssIGNon, BY IvIEsNE ASSIGNMENTS, To

LESLIE XV. FRIGK, OF OAKPARK, ILLINOIS.

ARTICLE 0F YNLALIUFACTITRE` Application filed December 2'0, 1923. Serial No. 681,73?.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, PHILIP C. I). BOOTY, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Chicago, inthecountyof Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Articles of Manufacture, ,of which the following is a My invention relates-to a new article of manufacture and more' particularly to a novel container adapted to be filled with a com pressed compound of such ingredients as are commonly used in loose powder `form for ap plicati'on to the face, or forpolishing the r nails, etc.

The use of face powder's, nail polishes, and the like in loose form'is objectionable because they are bulky, unsanitary to use and inconvenient and `messy tocarry. As ordinarily prepared in cake or compact form, binders are used for such compounds which are objectionable because when a binder is used in the face powder it ytends to irritate the skin, and when a binder is used' in a nail rf polish it tends to destroy the effectiveness of theV polish. I have discovered that the ordinary loose compounds of face powders, lnail polishes, and the like can be compressed into l agglomerato masses withoutthe use of binders; but suchv masses, however, disintegrate easily and vkrequire a suitable container; It is one of the objects ofmy invention to provide ay container for such a compressed compound of such construction 'that it `will effectively hold the compressed compound when not being used while the walls thereof maybe removed gradually whereby the com` pressed compound may be gradually uncovered or exposed so that it may be rubbed off as it is needed for use.`

A further object of my invention is the provision of a container for such compressed compounds of very simple construction, inexpensive to manufacture and which will be well adapted for the purpose.

The invention consists in the novel constructions, arrangements and devices to be hereinafter described and claimed for carrying out the above stated objects and such other objects as will appear from the following description of certain preferred 4emv bodiments illustrated inthe accompanying drawing, wherein Fig. 1 is a perspective view of an empty container embodying certain principles of my invention; Fig. 2 is a. sectional view of the container shown in Fig. 1 filled with a compressed compound; and

Fig. 3 is a sect-ionalview of a modiiied form of container made according to my invention and filled with a compressed compound. Y ,l

Referring irst to Figs. 1 and 2, the con tainer illustrated therein, designated gener,-

ally by the reference character 6, comprises a cord7 of any suitable material, for example,lcotton or linen, which is arranged in the form of a coil, the .convolutions 8 of which are superposed and are held in said relation by any suitable means, for example,

rby the application of a thin coat of some suitable cementitious agentto the outer or inner surface of the coil. The compound may be introduced into the container loosely andcompressed in the container, in which case, the container is supported,lwhile the compound .is being compressed, by being slipped into' a. suitable support or die. I

prefer, however, by the use of suitable means to compress the compound into an agglomerate mass 9 of such shape and size that it will slip into the container. agent 10 may be applied either tothe outside of the compressed compound orto the inside of the container to prevent slippage of the one relative to the other. A disk 11 of paper or the like may be inserted as a bottom for the container, said disk being held in place either frictionally or by an adhesive.

In that form of my invention shown in Fig. 3, the container comprises a plurality of thin apertured disks 12 of any suitable material, for example, paper, which are are ranged in superposed relation. A cord 13 is `coiled so that its convolutions surround the volutions of the cord 13 may be held in the desired relation by any suitable means, for

A cementitious example, by. a cementitious agent applied to the convolutions of the coil, sufficient of the agent working-between the convolutions of the coil and onto theV peripheries of the disks to bind the latter together. The disk 111 is not perforated and formsthe bottom of the container. The compound may be iutrodueed either loosely into this container and compressed therein or it may be first compressed into an agglomerato mass l5 of the proper size and shape and slipped into the container. In the latter case the mass is preferably held in the container by a suitable cementitious agent 1G applied either to the inner surface of the container or the outer surface of the mass.

In each form otmy invention it will be noted that the Wall of the container may be gradually removed to expose gradually the compressed compound as it is needed for use. In the form ot my invention shown in Figs. l and 2 the upper end of the cord 7.

is simply pulled suiiiciently to remore one or two of its convolutions, the nncoiled portion of the cord being then cut ott. Uncoiling the cord exposes the compressed compound so that it may be rubbed oli' onto a piece of chamois, or the like, tor application to the skin or the nails, as may be del sired. In that .Form ot' my invention shovfn in Fig. 3 one or two convolutions of the cord are uncoilcd and cut olil and then sui'iicient of the top disks are removed to expose the ycompressed compound so that it may be rubbed away.

The containers shown in the Vdrawings are cylindrical in form as it is more practical to make them and to compress the compound in that form. It will be obvious, however, that the containers may be made and the compound compressed in other forms or shapes, for example, rectangular 'or oval.

The containers are inexpensive to manufacture, attractive in appearance and small in size. A compound put up in the manner herein described occupies much less space than when packed loosely in a box and hence it is more convenient to carry. The compressed compound does not come out of the container or rub away unless a portion of the container wall, is purposely removed, therefore, the compound does not spill; The

containers filled with a suitable nail polish compound `are particularly useiiliii'or the professional manicurist in connection with the manicuring implement described and clain'i'ed in my co-peiiding application Serial No. 576,485 tiled' July 2l, 1922, wherein a fresh unsoiled polishing strip is used for each person. In the use mentioned the compound is only rubbed on an unsoiled or unused strip and, therefore, a strictly sanitary manicure is the result, there being, in that case, no opportunity for infectious germs to be transferredY :trom one person' to another.

I do not intend to limit my inif'ention to the details ot' construction shown and described, except only in so far as certain ot' the appended claims are specilically so limited, as it Will be obvious that modilications may be made Without departing from the principles of my invention.

I claim: Y

l. A container formed ot ya series ot convolutions of cord arranged in contact With each other in a single layer and held together by a cementitious agent.

2. A toilet article, comprising ay compound held together by compression .in the form ot a stick, and a series of convolutions ot' cord arranged about said stick in contact Wtn each other in a single layer, the convolutions ot cord being held in contact with each other and in contact with the stick by a cementitious agent.

A nail polishing device. comprisingl a 'compound of abrasive and polishing materials held together by compression in the form ot a stick, yand a series ot convolutions of cord arrangedjabout said stick in contact With each other in a single layer, the convolutions 'of cord being held in contact with each other and in contact with the stick by a cementitious agent.

PHILIP o. r. BooTY.

` Certificate of Correction. It is hereby certified that the-name of the assinee in Letters Patent No. 1,582,242,

granted April 27, 1926, upon the application of Philip C, P. Booty, of Chicago,

- Illinois, for an improvement in Articles of Manufactureflwas erroneously Written and printed as Leslie W. Frick, whereas said nameshould have been written and printed as Leslie W.F1z'cke, as shown by the records of assignments in this ofice; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Office.

Signed and sealed this 1st day of June, A. D. 1926.

[SEAL] j M. J. MOORE,

Acting Commissioner of Patents. 

